We had .16 of an inch of rain overnight, the heavier showers moved to the east and west of Otsego yesterday, and overnight within five miles to either side of the city, I have a handheld lightning detector that detects lightning out to 40 miles, it was beeping quite a lot over the afternoon. We […]
The question was asked as to what weather conditions make for a good color season. So as we begin to turn our attention to fall campfires, cool nights and hopefully some spectacular fall color displays. So what makes for good fall color? Here in Michigan the abundance of hardwood forested landscapes with a mixture of maples, […]
We close out the work week with another pleasant day with highs in the low 80s, a brief popup shower is possible later in the day. Yesterday’s high was 79° and the low 56°. We currently have 59° at 6 am. Sunrise is 6:55 this morning and sunset is at 8:40 pm. Our chance of […]
We will continue our string of nice days today and tomorrow with highs in the low 80s both days before the clouds begin to move in for the weekend and the chance of rain increases. Yesterday our high was 80° and the low 56°. Sunrise today was 6:54, sunset tonight will be 8:42. Forecast Discussion […]
Hard to believe we have only two weeks left of Met summer. I am four years into retirement from the workforce and the time just flies by – seems the older I get the faster it goes… Sunrise today is 6:53 and sunset is 8:43 pm which gives us13 hours and 50 minutes of daylight. […]
Yesterday was as near to perfection as we get in Michigan with low dewpoints and comfortable temps. Our high in Otsego was 77° after a morning low of 60°. Most places will remain dry today with plenty of sunshine, but a few showers and perhaps a thunderstorm cannot be ruled out this afternoon. Our Hazardous […]
Our rainfall total for Saturday was 2.06 inches giving us a wet total of 6.34 inches of rain at the halfway point of August. These were the greatest recorded precipitation amounts from Saturday’s rainfall. The most impressive swath of precipitation extended from south of Ludington to Coldwater. Yesterday our high was 67° and the […]
Our wet month continues in SW Michigan. We had one inch of rain yesterday in Otsego which gives us 5.28 inches so far for August and 13.3 inches for met summer. Yesterday was cool by August standards with a high of 63° and a low of 54°. Below are other rainfall totals around the area. […]
Travel Michigan I thought it would be a great idea from time to time look at a Michigan city or area and post some information on that city and or area and look at some of the weather that city enjoys (or must live with) This week I thought I would start out with the […]
We have another ho-hum day in store for today, which is a good thing if you like sunny comfortable weather. We are starting this morning at 52° at 6 am. Sunrise is 6:47 and sunset is 8:50 pm. Yesterday our high was 78° and the low was 60°. Highs today will be in the 70s […]